Avinor’s Oslo Airport renews focus on seafood terminal planning

Following last year’s abrupt cancellation of plans for a new seafood cargo center at Avinor-operated Oslo Airport (OSL), the company has this week distributed a request for information (RFI) from stakeholders. Per the RFI, Avinor will use stakeholder feedback to determine whether and how to proceed with development of the seafood terminal. In relation to the proposed seafood center, Avinor cited a need to improve cargo infrastructure at OSL due to market pressure, particularly from Norway’s seafood industry and the Norwegian Food Safety Authority in relation to seafood exports. Avinor has earmarked a location of more than 20,000 square meters for the potential cargo and seafood center with access to both aircraft parking for cargo planes and road access, according to the RFI. Avinor is asking industry stakeholders to submit information relating to which stage of the supply chain their business represents; the relevance they see in a seafood center for their business; descriptions of factors stakeholders see as crucial for a seafood terminal; and whether the stakeholder plans to participate in a tender process. Responses to Avinor are requested before Oct. 30. In 2018, OSL signed a memorandum of understanding with ground services provider Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) for the operation of a seafood center onsite at the airport. The center was expected to handle up to 250,000 tonnes of seafood annually, which is the primary export from OSL. The agreement and plans for the center were canceled in May 2019 . According to an Avinor spokesperson at the time, WFS’s plans were not compatible with the Avinor procurement regulations. However, in June 2019, OSL’s cargo director Martin Langaas told Air Cargo World that Avinor still expected the seafood capacity to come online.

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